Gamma-Glutamyltransferase: A Predictive Biomarker of Cellular Antioxidant Inadequacy and Disease Risk.

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Published in Dis Markers on October 12, 2015

Authors

Gerald Koenig1, Stephanie Seneff2

Author Affiliations

1: Health-e-Iron, LLC, 2800 Waymaker Way, No. 12, Austin, TX 78746, USA ; Iron Disorders Institute, Greenville, SC 29615, USA.
2: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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